heres a conspiracy for y'all fans: given that Nigel announced his retirement from F1 that weekend and that he jumped ship to Indycar the next season ... combined with Senna's test of a Penske Indycar that same off-season and his apparent praise for the Indycars themselves ... one has to wonder if Bernie had anything to do TG announcing his intention to create his own break-away open-wheel series.
@djbadlt like, Bernie lost one major star in Mansell ... i wouldnt blame him for being worried about losing an even bigger star in Senna, maybe im giving him more credit than he deserves, but i wouldnt put it past the troll.
Ayrton Senna made comment when testing with Penske in the Winter of 92 that the Indycar chassis were much more forgiving of driver error than any F1 he had ever driven. He additionally remarked that the car responded nicely to being drifted out of corners, where an F1 car would be notoriously twitchy. Taking these statements into account, its not wonder Michael Andretti struggled in a Formula 1 car. He was accustomed to a car with a completely different attitude. But he was lacking in commitment
One other Mid-Ohio memory - in 2001, I attended the CART race, and it was impossible to ignore the presence of traction control on Penske's Reynard-Hondas (against the rules, but difficult to police). Going through turn one, you could plainly hear the stutter when Castroneves and DeFerran got on the gas. Don't recall hearing it on anyone else.
On one hand, great to see this again, but on the other, it makes me so sad to see how far American open wheel racing has fallen. There were at least four different chassis in '92 (I counted Lola, Penske, Galmer, and TrueSports) and three engines (Chevy A/B and Ford-Cosworth).
I attended a few CART races at Mid-Ohio, and it was always an entertaining show. You really can't imagine how different it was to watch these cars in person vs. how it looks on TV - it's all much more visceral in person.
comon!..laptimes!??..where they faster than todays indycars?...also what year was it when Andretti crashet at Mid Ohio?..i remember watching that race
Please start posting full race more often Indycar series as I loved watching the race. The exposure of the current and even the past helps builds the series. I would love to see more races posted of the 90s, 00s and this past decade. Some classic Indy 500s and others would be great to watch during off weeks and during the off season. Also the coverage of this race was pretty good and versus/abc could learn something from it. Love all the in car cameras, pit camera and unique angles.
@kflfv3 How many teams is that? Ganassi? Penske isn't sponsored by Marlboro anymore. Hell, the number of teams that competed in that race that are still active has got to be small also. I count Penske, Newman-Haas, Ganassi, Coyne, Foyt, and Rahal. And comparing present-day Newman-Haas to 1992 Newman-Haas is a stretch, as is mentioning Rahal there since he has not been active.
fine with me. this bs is unwatchable anyways. take a few years off and when the econ gets better, buy new cars. preferably from Swift or another US company.
Just a couple of years ago you had the REIGNING formula 1 champion coming over to Indycars now you have a Francesco Dracone coming over with absolutely no career highlights while guys like Servia,Junqueira,Tracy and the future of indycars Hilebrand,Edwards,Summertone or Rahal are without full time rides........why oh why!?!?......still I'll watch every race and follow the sport because I'm a fan.
In general I agree with you, but Mansel is a special case.
Anyway: after Clark, G. Hill and Rindt comming over to Indy in the late 60s and early 70s there seemed to be quite a long period before Emmo Fittipaldi drank orange juice in Indy's victory lane.
@viper2131 There were undistinguished drivers in that field also. There always are. Ted Prappas, Jeff Wood, Brian Till, Mike Groff (although he did lead the IRL points once), Brian Bonner, Hiro Matsushita, John Jones, Dennis Vitolo? Ride-buying was already rampant at this time. The main difference is that the qualified drivers were usually able to get rides, when they aren't now. Of course, Arie Luyendyk didn't even have a full-season '92 ride and wasn't in this race, so maybe not...
@M1WChamp24 what's so funny about that? it's not like you or i could have predicted his venture there to be the disaster it was. i hated the guy at that time but i wanted to see him do well. andretti WAS astar there. he was huge. his podium showed exactly how good he could have been if he had the time to develop and the team hadn't sacked him for hakkenin.
@M1WChamp24 In Andretti's defense, he had decent qualifying performances and not much luck. If he stayed a couple more years, he could have done something special.
heres a conspiracy for y'all fans: given that Nigel announced his retirement from F1 that weekend and that he jumped ship to Indycar the next season ... combined with Senna's test of a Penske Indycar that same off-season and his apparent praise for the Indycars themselves ... one has to wonder if Bernie had anything to do TG announcing his intention to create his own break-away open-wheel series.
djbadlt 6 months ago in playlist Random Races 7
@djbadlt like, Bernie lost one major star in Mansell ... i wouldnt blame him for being worried about losing an even bigger star in Senna, maybe im giving him more credit than he deserves, but i wouldnt put it past the troll.
djbadlt 6 months ago in playlist Random Races 7
Funny that the channel that represents the current shitty IRL would post a race from days when Indycar was good!
TheCarlsonsRaiders 1 year ago
I really enjoy watching these old races. Thanks!!!!.
mgljimcmgl 1 year ago
Awesome quality for a 1992 race!!!
Regret696 1 year ago
Ayrton Senna made comment when testing with Penske in the Winter of 92 that the Indycar chassis were much more forgiving of driver error than any F1 he had ever driven. He additionally remarked that the car responded nicely to being drifted out of corners, where an F1 car would be notoriously twitchy. Taking these statements into account, its not wonder Michael Andretti struggled in a Formula 1 car. He was accustomed to a car with a completely different attitude. But he was lacking in commitment
F1000X 1 year ago 5
46:00 typical Paul Tracy. Drives like a genius and then thwrows it away by a stupid mistake...
Bleifuss88 1 year ago
the music they play during the intro's is classic
HollywoodSheen 1 year ago 3
One other Mid-Ohio memory - in 2001, I attended the CART race, and it was impossible to ignore the presence of traction control on Penske's Reynard-Hondas (against the rules, but difficult to police). Going through turn one, you could plainly hear the stutter when Castroneves and DeFerran got on the gas. Don't recall hearing it on anyone else.
rickbaumhauer 1 year ago
On one hand, great to see this again, but on the other, it makes me so sad to see how far American open wheel racing has fallen. There were at least four different chassis in '92 (I counted Lola, Penske, Galmer, and TrueSports) and three engines (Chevy A/B and Ford-Cosworth).
I attended a few CART races at Mid-Ohio, and it was always an entertaining show. You really can't imagine how different it was to watch these cars in person vs. how it looks on TV - it's all much more visceral in person.
rickbaumhauer 1 year ago 2
ESPN, THE WORLD'S LEADER IN MOTORSPORTS COVERAGE PRESENTS, SPEEDWORLD!!!
Damn I miss those words.
racermac1988 1 year ago 5
the head on camera angle they used to use was so awesome, they need to bring that back
HollywoodSheen 1 year ago
Worst career move Michael Andretti ever made....
ilmsff7 1 year ago
Notice Mobil 1 sponsored Paul Tracy who was driving for Roger Penske and Raul Boesel who driving for Dick Simon at the time? Those were the times.
RNCoyote 1 year ago
comon!..laptimes!??..where they faster than todays indycars?...also what year was it when Andretti crashet at Mid Ohio?..i remember watching that race
pgice 1 year ago
Please start posting full race more often Indycar series as I loved watching the race. The exposure of the current and even the past helps builds the series. I would love to see more races posted of the 90s, 00s and this past decade. Some classic Indy 500s and others would be great to watch during off weeks and during the off season. Also the coverage of this race was pretty good and versus/abc could learn something from it. Love all the in car cameras, pit camera and unique angles.
rocky4tube 1 year ago
please play the 1993 season
thisusersuck 1 year ago
Cool!...what was the laptimes back then compared to todays slow indycars ;)?..im sure those cars where faster
pgice 1 year ago
Quite interesting: Those teams dominating the 2010 IndyCar Series are those, who still have the same main sponsor as they had 18 years ago.
kflfv3 1 year ago
@kflfv3 How many teams is that? Ganassi? Penske isn't sponsored by Marlboro anymore. Hell, the number of teams that competed in that race that are still active has got to be small also. I count Penske, Newman-Haas, Ganassi, Coyne, Foyt, and Rahal. And comparing present-day Newman-Haas to 1992 Newman-Haas is a stretch, as is mentioning Rahal there since he has not been active.
arenasnow 1 year ago
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die izod irl fuckin die. this is what u ruined.
MikaOwns 1 year ago
@MikaOwns if IRL dies, we have no open wheel racing in america. which would suck
gbpckr34 1 year ago
fine with me. this bs is unwatchable anyways. take a few years off and when the econ gets better, buy new cars. preferably from Swift or another US company.
MikaOwns 1 year ago
@gbpckr34 that would be Gerry Forsythe's opportunity start another series lol
HollywoodSheen 1 year ago
Just a couple of years ago you had the REIGNING formula 1 champion coming over to Indycars now you have a Francesco Dracone coming over with absolutely no career highlights while guys like Servia,Junqueira,Tracy and the future of indycars Hilebrand,Edwards,Summertone or Rahal are without full time rides........why oh why!?!?......still I'll watch every race and follow the sport because I'm a fan.
viper2131 1 year ago
@viper2131
In general I agree with you, but Mansel is a special case.
Anyway: after Clark, G. Hill and Rindt comming over to Indy in the late 60s and early 70s there seemed to be quite a long period before Emmo Fittipaldi drank orange juice in Indy's victory lane.
IndyMeister 1 year ago
@viper2131 There were undistinguished drivers in that field also. There always are. Ted Prappas, Jeff Wood, Brian Till, Mike Groff (although he did lead the IRL points once), Brian Bonner, Hiro Matsushita, John Jones, Dennis Vitolo? Ride-buying was already rampant at this time. The main difference is that the qualified drivers were usually able to get rides, when they aren't now. Of course, Arie Luyendyk didn't even have a full-season '92 ride and wasn't in this race, so maybe not...
arenasnow 1 year ago
fascinating
nickfalzone 1 year ago
As I watch this, I curse the day Tony George was born
jmdaz 1 year ago
LOL "How will Michael Andretti do in F1?"
"He will be a MAJOR STAR!"
M1WChamp24 1 year ago 18
@M1WChamp24 what's so funny about that? it's not like you or i could have predicted his venture there to be the disaster it was. i hated the guy at that time but i wanted to see him do well. andretti WAS astar there. he was huge. his podium showed exactly how good he could have been if he had the time to develop and the team hadn't sacked him for hakkenin.
penske13 1 year ago
@M1WChamp24 In Andretti's defense, he had decent qualifying performances and not much luck. If he stayed a couple more years, he could have done something special.
carsismeZ06 1 month ago
Back when Indycars were actually attracting F1 drivers into the series. Where did it all go wrong? (Here's a hint, his initials are TG).
richdeveau24 1 year ago 2
@richdeveau24 Exactly! Before you coulse see F1 drivers caring about Indy500 too. Now they do not even talk about it... so sad...
Willbrse 1 year ago
wonderful track, wonderful cars, big names. Simply the best time in US Open Wheel racing. Thanx for this.
eagle1973 1 year ago 14
I've always liked the Mid-Ohio races.
RunerRacerPeniguin5 1 year ago